The employee sought witness summonses for his employer’s senior management to attend. The tribunal judged that they would be most unlikely to be able to add anything to the witness in middle management who was to be called in relation to deal with the issues on which the senior management could help.
Held: The summons was refused. If during the course of the case it seemed that the original decision not to issue a witness summons might be wrong, then the Tribunal can always remedy the matter, adjourning if necessary.
Judges:
Slynn J
Citations:
Unreported, 23 October 1980
Cited by:
Cited – Noorani v Merseyside TEC Limited CA 19-Oct-1998
The claimant had claimed race discrimination. The tribunal declined to order the issue of witness summonses. The EAT overturned that decision on the basis that the tribunal had not recognised that it had a discretion to issue the summonses, and had . .
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Employment
Updated: 02 May 2022; Ref: scu.280440